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IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour checkers fly for Dripps’ first Tipton triumph

TIPTON, Iowa (Aug. 2) – Corey Dripps put another check on his bucket list by taking the $1,000 check at Tuesday’s Hawkeye Dirt Tour event at Cedar County Raceway. Dripps led all 30 laps of the Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified feature at Tipton, outrunning defending tour champion Kyle Brown for the midweek win at Tipton. “This is one of the few tracks in Iowa where I hadn’t won at. It’s good to get that off my bucket list, especially at a special like the Hawkeye Dirt Tour,” he said, also noting the victory was powered by a Ford motor. “In the 1990s I was leading and almost had a lot of races won here but it didn’t happen.” The front pair got a late break when coming onto traffic with three laps left. The first slower car they encountered pulled off and gave both plenty of track to determine the finish; Dripps got two lapped cars ahead of Brown before their 1-2 finish. Brown had his best finish of the 2016 series season while [Read More]

Tipton twinbill next for Deery Series, IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour

TIPTON, Iowa – IMCA’s Deery Brothers Summer Series and Hawkeye Dirt Tour travel to Cedar County Raceway for what’s become a traditional dirt track twinbill Tuesday night. The Aug. 2 doubleheader takes both IMCA Late Models and Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds to Tipton for a fifth consecutive year. Late Models race for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Modifieds chase a $1,000 top check and a minimum of $150 to start their 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier. Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $17 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for students and six and under free. Pit passes are $30. Ron Barker won the first HDT feature held at Tipton, in 2011. No Dirt Tour driver has been able to repeat there as Barker has been followed to victory lane by Milo Veloz Jr., Darin Duffy, Jesse Sobbing and Colt Mather. The Deery Series returned to Cedar County in [Read More]

KRA Speedway fair special features three IMCA divisions

WILLMAR, Minn. – KRA Speedway brings in three IMCA sanctioned divisions to headline the Kandiyohi County Fair special on Wednesday, Aug. 10. Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds race for $500 to win, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars for $375 to win and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods for $300 to win that evening in Willmar. Rules in place for Princeton and Brainerd will be in effect. “We wanted to bring in something different this year,” said Promoter Jason McCoy, who anticipates that a solid number of regulars at IMCA tracks in the area will enter the midweek show. “I think we’re going to knock the socks off this thing.” IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National and Allstar Performance State points will be given in all three divisions. Modifieds and Stock Cars also run for regional points. Mach-1 Sport Compacts will be legal for the $200 to win Duel of the Hornets. There is no entry fee and spectators get into the grandstand with purchase of fair admission. Pit passes are $30. Pit gates and the grandstand both open [Read More]

First round of All-Star voting is complete

BOONE, Iowa – Defending race winner Jimmy Gustin, 2014 winner Kyle Strickler and a trio of first-time All-Stars are among the 10 Modified drivers already guaranteed starting spots on the Fast Shafts Invitational grid during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Gustin and brother Richie had the top two vote totals in first-round balloting from the BMS North Central Region – Richie led all candidates with 12,945 votes – while Strickler and Scott Sessions, the first Floridian elected to the All-Star event in its 13-year history, led the way in the Dirt Works Eastern Region. Hunter Marriott and Jeff Taylor were elected out of the Jet Racing Central Region, first-timer Kevin Green and William Gould from the Razor Chassis South Central Region. The Larry Shaw Race Cars Western Region will be represented by Brad Pounds and first-time All-Star Ethan Dotson. The second round of All-Star voting, also conducted through the IMCA Facebook page, sees 18 drivers elected at-large. Balloting is now underway and runs through 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. The All-Star [Read More]

Aikey holds off Bruening, scores Deery Series win in Des Moines

By Ryan Clark DES MOINES, Iowa (July 29) – To say Jeff Aikey had to work for his Friday win at the Iowa State Fair Speedway would be an understatement. The current point leader in the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models rolled off from the pole but was pressured throughout most of the 40-lapper by Tyler Bruening. Aikey, also the 2016 track champion in Des Moines, led the field through a pair of early cautions on laps three and nine, the only two stoppages of the event. Bruening, who started outside of row three, took advantage of the lap nine restart and stole second from Matt Ryan before running down the race leader. The lead pair built a near straightaway lead over the field while they battled for the top spot. Bruening remained within a couple car lengths throughout the rest of the first half of the event and pulled alongside Aikey when they encountered slower traffic just shy of midway. Although Bruening drew even on numerous occasions, Aikey held him at [Read More]

Early entries already at 117 for IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Nationals

EAGLE, Neb. – One hundred and seventeen drivers representing 16 states, from border to border and coast to coast, as well as Canada have pre-registered for the IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Nationals at Eagle Raceway. The fourth annual event is already the biggest in IMCA RaceSaver history and will be held Sept. 1-4; the Sunday main event will pay $2,500 to win. Pre-tech starts at 10 a.m. and an open practice runs from 7-10 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1. Qualifying features on Friday, Sept. 2 and Saturday, Sept. 3 both pay $700 to win; qualifying is on Friday and the $1,000 to win Jake Ita Memorial Race of Champions is Saturday. Racing starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. Pit passes are $15 for the practice session and $25 each race night. Grandstand admission for adults is $10 on Friday, $12 on Saturday and $15 on Sunday; a three-day pass is $30 and must be purchased by Aug. 31 by calling the track office at 402 238-2595. Admission for kids [Read More]

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National Point Standings Through July 27

Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds – 1. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb., 1,197; 2. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,180; 3. Cory Sample, Winnemucca, Nev., 1,166; 4. Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, 1,151; 5. Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, Neb., 1,142; 6. Jason Wolla, Ray, N.D., and Tim Ward, Harcourt, Iowa, both 1,125; 8. Dustin Smith, Lake City, Iowa, 1,124; 9. Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, Iowa, 1,114; 10. Rob VanMil, Barnesville, Minn., 1,109; 11. Jacob Murray, Hartford, Iowa, 1,108; 12. Kyle Brown, State Center, Iowa, 1,103; 13. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan., 1,102; 14. Ricky Thornton Jr., Harcourt, Iowa, 1,098; 15. Steven Bowers Jr., Topeka, Kan., 1,087; 16. Anthony Roth, Columbus, Neb., 1,080; 17. Will Ward, Cobleskill, N.Y., 1,077; 18. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, Texas, 1,073; 19. Jesse Hoeft, Forest City, Iowa, 1,060; 20. Chaz Baca, Mesa, Ariz., 1,058. IMCA Late Models – 1. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa, 782; 2. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 776; 3. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg, Iowa, 768; 4. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa, 743; 5. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa, 740; 6. Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, Iowa, 717; 7. Joel Callahan, [Read More]

Atomicwraps.com IMCA Empire State Series returns to I-88 for Friday show

AFTON, N.Y. – There’s a new name atop the leaderboard coming into Friday’s Atomicwraps.com Empire State Series event at I-88 Speedway. The July 29 feature for traveling Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds pays $500 to win and minimum $75 to start. IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing National, Dirt Works Eastern Region, Allstar Performance State and special series points will be awarded at the sixth of 10 2016 tour events. Brad Sites was runner-up in the July 17 Empire State Series show at Skyline Raceway, moving up to first in the points race when his brother Eddie – now tied for second – exited with mechanical woes and ended deep in the field. Port Crane’s James Cornell was the Empire State Series winner at Afton last July and again when the tour returned there in June. Gary Roberts is also a two-time winner at his home town track. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Friday. Hot laps are at 6:15 and racing starts at 7 p.m. Spectator admission is [Read More]

Kay wins second straight Hawkeye Dirt Tour feature, Dubuque has 40 IMCA Modifieds for county fair show

DUBUQUE, Iowa (July 26) – The storyline behind Justin Kay’s career second Hawkeye Dirt Tour victory reads a lot like that of his first. Like he did last week at Knoxville, Kay started Tuesday’s Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified main event at Dubuque Speedway from the pole. And as was the case both nights, tour point leader Chris Abelson was briefly ahead before Kay charged back in front, this time earning $1,200 and a berth on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Forty IMCA Modifieds were on hand for the county fair show, the first tour event held at Dubuque and the seventh of 10 events on the 2016 series schedule. “It was fun,” said Kay. “Racing a Modified is relaxing and I’m getting to do it at tracks I really like. It’s fun to race with different people, guys like Abelson, (Darin) Duffy and (Ryan) DeShaw.” Kay was scored first cross the line on each of the 30 laps. He ran three-wide with Abelson and Duffy down the backstretch on lap [Read More]

Carrell tops IMCA Modifieds at Mark Howard Memorial

By Ben Deatherage COTTAGE GOVE, Ore. (July 23) – Mark Carrell led the last 22 of 52 laps in winning Saturday’s Mark Howard Memorial Modified Nationals at Cottage Grove Speedway. The $2,600 Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modified victory put Carrell on the ballot for the 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. Craig Hanson took the lead on the opening circuit and stayed in front until lap 16 when Collen Winebarger finally found a way around. The mandatory caution flew at lap 25 for refueling and Winebarger continued to set the fast pace after the restart, followed by Carrell and Craig Hanson. Carrell made the pass around Winebarger and set a wicked pace, but a caution with five laps to go bunched everyone up for one final shot at the leader. Carrell kept all challengers in check, however, and held on to win the Howard Memorial for the first time. Winebarger was second, followed by 24th starting Nick Trenchard, Jesse Williamson and Craig Hanson. Feature results – 1. Mark Carrell; 2. Collen Winebarger; 3. Nick Trenchard; 4. Jesse [Read More]